1 Add the shrimp to the boiling water. 2  Cook for 1 to 3 minutes or until the shrimp are pink and opaque. 3  Drain and rinse shrimp in a colander under cold running water.
When quotation marks are put around a word in this way, they are called scare quotes. The rules for using quotation marks around a single word for emphasis have changed since people began using word processors for their writing. If a word needs to be emphasized but is not being quoted, you should avoid putting the word in quotes and use italics instead. âTheyâre,â âtheir,â and âthereâ are easily confused because theyâre homophones.
The only exception is when you put a long quotation into a block quotation.). 2. When you quote, you must use the exact words that are in the quotation, in exact sequence. If you must change a word form for grammatical purposes, that word should be placed in square brackets, like this [ ]. If you have cut words out of the text, you must indicate this with ellipses, like this ...